This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...broadly ovate, extremely variable 15-3 inches long, asymmetrical, the larger leaves similar to Hamamelis with an undulating ' Vide Shrubs of N. E. America, pg. 120, Chas. S. Newhall. WITCH HAZEL FAMILY. Hamamelldaceae edge or with coarse dull teeth, the smaller leaves obovate with an undulating or coarse-toothed apex, and a rounded base scarcely asymmetrical, pale and soft hairy beneath. The fine white flowers in beautiful, pomponlike, terminal clusters 1-2 inches long; stamens slender protruding, white, rarely pale pink. April. The seed-capsule somewhat similar to that of Hamamelis about J inch long, ovate, two-lobed, each lobe with 2 short beaks. In sandy pine lands or low wet ground from Va. to Ga. Fothergilla major is a similar, taller shrub with ascending, thickly clustered stems, 10-12 feet high. The leaves larger, 2-4 inches long. The similar flowerclusters often 2j inches long, the seed-capsule larger. On mountain slopes from N. C. and S. C. to Ala. A beautiful tree commonly 45-60 and Sweet Gum occasionally 140 feet high, with a trunk Liquidambar diameter of 4-6 feet, the stem usually Bilsted continuing to the rounded crown, the Liquidambar slender branches wide-spreading, ho: i-Styraciflua zontal below, ascending at an angle of about 45 above, forming a broadly ovoid figure. Bark gray brown, deeply and perpendicularly furrowed into broad, flat, scaly ridges, the branches frequently set with corklike ridges. The leaves deep glossy green, 3-5 inches broad, radiately five-pointed (rarely seven), finely round-toothed, the general outline star-shaped, but cut nearly square or shallowly heart-shaped at the base; the stem long and slender. Fragrant when crushed, turning deep yellow, rich red, and dark maroon in autumn. The flowers in an erect or nodding ca..